Thanks so much for posting this, hope for the best as we have lost too many sites and it is time for it to stop. Also, remember the Miami Circle that is now protected from further damage and now will be allowed to be fully investigated as this Miami site has been judged to be at least 2,000 years old, maybe even older. We must keep our heritage, even if it means the loss of another building and another $123 million development center. We can always build another building, but we can never regain what has already been destroyed. eaglesup wrote: > Received this on my Cherokeendn List. > -----Original Message----- > From: Nancy Jackson <tsalagi@train.missouri.org> > To: cherokeendn@egroups.com <cherokeendn@egroups.com> > Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 7:02 PM > Subject: [cherokeendn] Of local interest > > >I received this on another list and thought everyone might like to keep up > >on this developing story---this could very well be some of our people?????? > >Nancy J. > >Cherokee Legacy Art Work Page > >>Subject: Judge halts gravel work at Arkansas duck hunters site > >>Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > >>Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > >> > >>Thursday, March 18, 1999 > >>Judge halts gravel work on road at Indian burial on Black River > >> > >>KENNETH HEARD ARKANSAS DEMOCRAT-GAZETTE > >> > >>"POCAHONTAS -- Future graveling and grading of a portion of an access > >>road and a boat ramp on the Black River that travels over what > >>archeologists say is a significant American Indian burial site has been > >>stopped by a judge's order... > >> Grading and graveling cannot be done to the boat launch area and a > >>large area used by sportsmen as a turnaround. The order also prohibits > >>motorists from parking on the road or at the launch... > >> "We know that there's an extensive, multi-complex site there," Morrow > >>said of Gazaway's land. "We know that there are burials out there. There > >>are probably remains under the road, but we don't know that for > >>sure."... > >> The marking comes on the heels of an order signed by Randolph County > >>Chancellor Tom Hilburn that allows hunters and fishermen to continue > >>using Gazaway's road to access the Black River... > >> Hilburn issued a verbal order in January, saying the establishment of a > >>prescriptive easement was proven during a hearing in November. A written > >>order signed by Hilburn was not filed until March 2. > >> Nine duck hunters sued Gazaway in 1994 after Gazaway closed the access > >>road to Schaeffer's Eddy to protect an American Indian burial site... > >> He built a fence across the road after finding what archeologists later > >>determined to be 1,000- to 1,500-year-old bones of an American Indian > >>child about 10 feet from his road... > >> Hilburn's latest order said the 18-foot-wide road and launch area > >>should be considered public... > >> Archeologists first located artifacts at the site in 1959. The area > >>near the boat launch was the first site deemed significant and mapped > >>in the county... > >> Morrow speculated because of the land's proximity to the Black and > >>Current rivers, the area was once a thriving Indian community... > >> Gazaway said he will appeal Hilburn's decision so he can protect the > >>burial site. "I trust in the Arkansas judicial system's laws on property > >>rights," he said. "If they rule by the law, then I feel I will regain > >>full ownership and control of my property." > >> > >>Article at: > >>http://www.ardemgaz.com/today/ark/bdsthunt18.html > >> > >>For more information: > >>http://www.fortunecity.com/greenfield/porton/73/seals/eddy.html > >> > >> > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >eGroup home: http://www.eGroups.com/list/cherokeendn > >Free Web-based e-mail groups by eGroups.com > > > >